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The Social Psychology of Veganism – Free-riding

Dr. Corey WrennOctober 5, 2018October 5, 2018

When people support the need for social change but abstain from helping or participating to avoid the perceived costs and risks involved, this is known as free-riding. As rational actors, non-participants suppose that they willContinue reading

Essays

Can Flexitarianism Facilitate a Vegan World? Research Suggests Another Agenda

Dr. Corey WrennAugust 31, 2018

Can flexitarianism build a vegan world? In a meta-analysis of dozens of articles on vegan motivation, flexitarian dietary patterns, and consumer psychology, I conclude that the ideology of semi-vegetarianism promoted by the vegan/Nonhuman Animal rightsContinue reading

Publications

How Effective is the Vegan Lecture? Exam Scores Tell a Horrifying Story

Dr. Corey WrennAugust 16, 2018

How Many Animals Killed? Can you estimate how many animals are killed for food in the United States each year? In 2015, I added this innocuous extra credit question at the end of an examContinue reading

Publications

Dr. Corey Wrenn on Animal Concerns Texas Radio

Dr. Corey WrennDecember 13, 2017

Dr. Corey L. Wrenn was featured on the December 10, 2017 episode of Animal Concerns Texas on KTEP Radio, El Paso Texas. You can visit the website here and download the interview here. AdditionalContinue reading

Interviews

The Social Psychology of Veganism – Bystander Effect

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 30, 2017September 22, 2018

Paradoxically, the more people present when there is need for help, the less likely anyone is to help. Social psychologists refer to this as the bystander effect. It happens for at least two reasons. First, people pay less attentionContinue reading

Essays

The Social Psychology of Veganism – Distraction

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 29, 2017September 22, 2018

As any good magician knows, distraction is key to landing a trick successfully. Activists can benefit from distraction as well. Research finds that audience members who are distracted are more likely to accept a messageContinue reading

Essays

The Social Psychology of Veganism – Forewarning

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 28, 2017October 5, 2018

Forewarning creates resistance (Freedman and Sears 1965). If an audience is warned ahead of time that they are about to be exposed to a persuasion attempt, it is less likely that they will be persuaded.Continue reading

Essays

The Social Psychology of Veganism – Age

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 27, 2017September 16, 2018

Diversity in the activist's audience means that there will be no one-size-fits-all tactic. This essay examines how changes in an individual's lifespan can shape their receptiveness to a vegan message. For the most part, attitudes are generationalContinue reading

Essays

The Social Psychology of Veganism – Decision Paralysis

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 24, 2017September 22, 2018

Decision paralysis occurs when there is simply too much choice. People become overloaded, and, thus, make no decision at all (Heath and Heath 2010). Less choice is actually better than more choice (Swartz 2004). Consider one experiment in whichContinue reading

Essays

The Social Psychology of Veganism – Gendered Helping

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 23, 2017October 5, 2018

Social psychology finds that social norms will determine helping behaviors, but social norms certainly vary across genders in Western society. Dangerous situations or those involving strangers are more likely to elicit help from men thanContinue reading

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